To Kill A Mockingbird: Setting Narrative Elements: Setting—Time and Place Setting  Time and Place To Kill a Mockingbird is set in Maycomb County, an imaginary district in southern Alabama. The time is the early 1930s, the years of the Great Depression when poverty and unemployment were widespread in the United States. For parts of the deep South like Maycomb County, the Depression meant only that the bad times that had been going on for decades got a little bit worse. These rural areas had long been poor and undeveloped. Black people worked for low wages in the fields. White farmers were more likely to own land, but they were cash poor. It was common for children to go to school barefoot, and to suffer from ringworm and other diseases. Although automobiles had been around for some years, most farm families still depended on horses for transportation and to plow their fields. Scout's family, the Finches, belong to the elite of local society. Atticus Finch is an educated man who goes to work in a clean shirt. The family owns a nice house and can afford to hire a black housekeeper.

Still, the Finches are well-off only in comparison with the farm families who live in the same county. They, too, have little money. Instead of bringing people together, the shared experience of poverty seemed to contribute to making the South more class-conscious than other parts of the country. One reason why people like Scout's Aunt Alexandra place so much importance on family background and "gentle breeding" is that these concepts were just about all that could be counted on to separate a family like the Finches from the truly poor. The advantages of education, a professional career, and owning one's own home did not last long if a family happened to have a run of bad luck. The fear that the family's position could only get worse, never better, helped to turn some people into social snobs. You will notice that none of the characters in this story takes much interest in the world beyond Maycomb County. When Scout's class studies current events in school, most of the children are not even sure what a "current event" is. Even the adults seem to take little interest in such developments as the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt or the rise of Adolf Hitler in Germany. People seldom travel far from their homes.

And they almost never eat a meal in a restaurant, even a cheap restaurant. When Dill eats in a diner, this is enough to make him a minor celebrity in Scout's eyes. Of course, the most important difference between the South of the 1930s and the South today is that in the 1930s a system of segregation was in force. Any African-American (and, for that matter, any white) who challenged the system of segregation publicly would have been in serious danger of being killed by prosegregation fanatics. In fact, segregation was taken so much for granted that it is not even described in the novel in so many words. Not even Atticus Finch, the character who represents idealism and a devotion to justice, ever attacks the basic system of segregation. Nevertheless, just because Atticus believes a "black man's word" over a white man and woman's, many people in Maycomb feel that he is undermining the system that keeps whites on top of the social order. Activities Tasks 1 The story is set in a small town in southern Alabama during the Depression of the 1930s. (a) What aspects of the story seem to be particular to that place and time?

(b) What aspects of the story are universal, cutting across time and place? (c) In what ways are the people you know today similar to and different from those in Maycomb? 2 What kind of town is Maycomb, Alabama? What does the author's physical description of the town of Maycomb tell you about the people who live there? Notice especially the description of the town in Chapter 1. 3 Describe the background provided by the town of Maycomb to the events in the story. (Provide general observations concerning the town's geography and life style, the beliefs and values of the inhabitants, and the social class structure.) 4 Example Essays: To Kill A Mockingbird Race Racism Maycomb 1. To Kill a Mockingbird - Racism in Maycomb The world's worst kind of prejudice is racism, and as illustrated in "To Kill a Mockingbird," it ruins the lives of those who suffer from it. During the time this book was written, racism was acceptable, but "To Kill a Mockingbird" shows the world a whole different side of the time. ... The benign force of racism puts a stamp on every part of "To Kill a Mockingbird," but the most apparent victim would be Tom Robinson. ...

In "To Kill a Mockingbird," Atticus says, "But do you think I could face my children otherwise? ... All of this is evident in "To Kill a Mockingbird," during... Word Count: 1061 2. To kill a mockingbird The novel to Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, deals with a single father teaching his children to face the world and those in it with open minds. ... Atticus says this because mockingbirds don"t act destructively towards humans, and are defenseless. ... Atticus tries to keep his children from conforming to Maycomb"s ideas of racism. When Atticus takes the Robinson case Jem and Scout understand that Tom is innocent, because they judge the case on the actual occurrences instead of the race of the defendant. ... Atticus taught about racism by letting Jem and Scout experience how ugly it cou... Word Count: 878 3. To Kill a Mockingbird ENGLISH ESSAYTO KILL A MOCKING BIRD" Shoot all the Bluejays you want, if you hit "em, but remember it"s a sin to kill a Mocking Bird" The mockingbird represents innocence.

Like hunters who kill mockingbirds for sport, people kill innocence, or other people who are innocent, without thinking about what they are doing. ... The mockingbird motif arises numerous times during the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. ... She told Atticus, "I know, it would be sumtin like to kill a mockingbird, right?" ... These children are mockingbirds esp Scout who is ignorant on racism and they have to learn ... Word Count: 1255 4. To kill a mocking bird To kill A MockingbirdThe themes of racism and prejudice in 'to kill a mockingbird' by Harper Lee. A novel I have read recently and thoroughly enjoyed is 'To Kill A Mockingbird' by Harper Lee. ... The theme of prejudice in "To Kill A Mockingbird" is much more than just a case of black and white. ... He was targeted because of his race. ... To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee showed me that the people with differences are not always doing things the wrong way. ... Word Count: 1400 5. To Kill A Mockingbird Derek SiewertSettingThe book To Kill A Mockingbird is set in Maycomb, Alabama. ...

ThemesOne major theme in this book would have to be racism. ... EvaluationI think that To Kill A Mockingbird was a good book. First of all this book shows how some people acted back in the day and their views on such things such as racism and their prejudices. One example of this would be how some of the white people in the town openly showed and told others that that did not like people that are a certain race. ... Word Count: 533 6. Tom Robinson In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, Tom Robinson represents the black race in Maycomb"s society. He is a victim of racism and is characterized by what the people of Maycomb say about him. ... In Maycomb, whites were extremely higher in class than blacks, so for a black to say that he feels sorry for a white person was startling. ... We know that in Maycomb a white man would not do this for a black man at all. ... Word Count: 498 7. Themes of To Kill a Mockingbird Essay: To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee expertly incorporates a variety of themes into To Kill a Mockingbird. ...

Among the themes presented, racism, education, and bravery stand out as the fundamental themes in To Kill a Mockingbird.Racism is the most prominently significant theme in To Kill a Mockingbird. ... Education is also a key theme in To Kill a Mockingbird. ... Bravery, too, is an essential theme in To Kill a Mockingbird. ... The themes of racism, education, and bravery all play an important role in shaping To Kill a Mockingbird into the literary success it has become. ... Word Count: 591 8. Keeping To Kill a Mockingbird in the Classroom To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a debatable book on the required reading list for the tenth grade curriculum. ... The question one may ask about To Kill a Mockingbird is challenging its morals and values, such as the lessons taught by Atticus Finch and the racism that is clearly evident throughout the story. ... To Kill a Mockingbird only benefits the teen mind because of its strong messages. ... Those who disagree with the language and content in To Kill a Mockingbird should think of tenth grade history classes. ... Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird brings about an argument i...

Word Count: 1863 9. To Kill A Mockingbird To Kill A Mockingbird "Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact.aE- Honore de Balzac 19th-century French novelistEver since the beginning of recorded history, the idea of "themaE and "usaE has dominated people"s thinking. The problem of class distinction, particularly that of racism and prejudice, has become one of the most divisive forces afflicting human society. ... Probably one of the best works ever written that accurately portrays life, To Kill A Mockingbird won the "awwaE and "ahhaE of many critics and the hearts o... Word Count: 1094 10. To Kill A Mockingbird The book that I have just finished reading is called "To Kill A MockingbirdaE which is written by Harper Lee. ... In this essay I will answer the question that "To Kill A Mockingbird has been described as being extremely negative and pessimisticaE Is this comment really fair? ...

This book is generally about two children who grow up in a town that is full of racism and discrimination. ... But then again, Boo saves the day, by saving the children"s lives.In the novel there is a lot of prejudice and racism. ... People are also prejudiced against Mr Dolpus Raymond as he is married to ... Word Count: 2069 11. To Kill a Mockingbird: Racism, Courage and Innocence Racism in "To Kill A Mockingbird" is very common, and it is an important part in the story. ... Innocence in "To Kill A Mockingbird" is shown throughout the book various times. ... Courage in "To Kill A Mockingbird" is shown by various characters like Scout, Jem, Atticus, and Tom Robinson. ... In Maycomb finding courage is extremely hard, especially when it has to do with protecting another race that your entire town despises. ... Racism, innocence, and courage; these are the three things that explain "To Kill A Mockingbird's" main idea.... Word Count: 1051 12.

To Kill A Mockingnird Lisa Law TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee is filled with universal themes within society. ... The Negroes occupied the lowest class level of Maycomb. ... The separation of the whites and "the coloured balconyaE is an indication of racism. In Atticus" speech, he declared that the racial prejudice in the "assumptions that all Negroes lie, that all Negroes are immoral beings applies to the human race and to no particular race of menaE. ... As Miss Maudie said "we making a step- it"s just a baby step, but still a step.aE Lee uses many literacy dev... Word Count: 1363 13. Social Barriers in To Kill a Mockingbird Atticus tells the kids "it is a sin to kill a mockingbird" because "they don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy" (Lee 119). ... Throughout Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird, Atticus Finch, Tom Robinson, and Boo Radley emerge as mockingbirds, symbolizing the prejudice and discrimination of Maycomb County. ...

Atticus, "by showing his children racism in action and fighting the prejudice the 'mockingbirds' of this stereotypical Southern town, plants the seeds of a future in which black and whites can live in peace" (Race 3). ... Yet, he was accused, beaten down and... Word Count: 1674 14. Overview of To Kill a Mockingbird Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird has remained enormously popular since its publication in 1960. ... To Kill a Mockingbird has endured as a mainstay on high school and college reading lists. It was adapted to film in 1962 as a major motion picture starring Gregory Peck.Plot and Major CharactersTo Kill a Mockingbird is set in the small, rural town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the early 1930s. ... The concept of justice is presented in To Kill a Mockingbird as an antidote to racial prejudice. ... To Kill a Mockingbird explores themes of heroism and the idea of role mo... Word Count: 2287 15.

Atticus Finch : A pillar of justice In Harper Lee"s To Kill a Mockingbird, there is much tension between blacks and whites. Atticus Finch, one of the most respected men in Maycomb County, Alabama, is one of the few white citizens who believe that race is not important. ... He is an honest person who sees all people equally no matter what their race or beliefs. ... Unlike many other people in Maycomb County, Atticus treats Calpurnia with the utmost respect and dignity. ... Atticus saw beneath the color of Calpurnia"s skin.Another example of Atticus" just view on racism was his disapproval of the word "nigger.aE Although it... Word Count: 342 16. To Kill A Mockingbird The theme with the most impact in 'To Kill a Mockingbird" is Prejudice. ... Due to the race issues, Tom was taken care of.Members of the Maycomb community are trying to fool themselves into believing that they are model citizens and good Christians, even though a small number amongst them know that they are wrong to persecute and hate due to color.

Prejudice and racism were as much a part of Maycomb society as church and community spirit. ... In the south, there is still a lot of racism. People get killed everyday. ... Word Count: 656 17. To Kill A Mockingbird The theme with the most impact in 'To Kill a Mockingbird" is Prejudice. ... Due to the race issues, Tom was taken care of.Members of the Maycomb community are trying to fool themselves into believing that they are model citizens and good Christians, even though a small number amongst them know that they are wrong to persecute and hate due to color. Prejudice and racism were as much a part of Maycomb society as church and community spirit. ... In the south, there is still a lot of racism. People get killed everyday. ... Word Count: 656 18. To Kill A Mockingbird To Kill A Mocking Bird ?To Kill A Mockingbird "Classic," a term one uses to describe many things, such as a defining moment or an object such as a book. ... One such novel is Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird. ...

What happens is an isolated race that is exiled from both races because that child has blood from the other race. ... Atticus is portrayed as a "nigger lover," something sinful in Maycomb. ... Word Count: 941 19. To Kill A Mockingbird Harper Lee"s character Jem (Jeremy) Finch, from her famous novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, is very interesting because during the course of the novel, he undergoes a great maturing process. ... Jem lives in Maycomb County, Alabama, during the time of the Great Depression. ... Racism is abundant in Maycomb, however Jem never thought about it until now. ... It shows that even bad thins like racism and discrimination do exist. This novel shows great lessons with race, family and life, very important things to everyone. ... Word Count: 1209 20. To Kill a Mockingbird Respect All of the citizens of Maycomb look up to Atticus and see him as a respectable person. ... First, Scout learns to respect Atticus, then to respect "Boo" Radley, and finally to respect a whole race of people, negroes. ...

Throughout the trial process, Atticus shows Jem and Scout that true courage is standing up for what you believe in and that all human beings, despite their race, deserve respect. ... Atticus fights a hopeless battle against the racism in the town. ... It is clearly shown that Atticus is the most respectful person in Maycomb. ... Word Count: 478 21. The Cycle of Oppression To Kill a Mockingbird is set during the 1930s during the Great Depression and post-World War ?. ... The colored families were met with passive aggressive racism in these towns, but were often given jobs, and the towns like Maycomb from To Kill a Mockingbird soon settled into an easy soft spoken racist mindset. ... Scout is exposed to hatred and racism to colored people as she grows up in Maycomb. ... Scout herself starts out as a young child who doesn't think much of colored folks, which is inadvertently forged by the racism of Maycomb inhabitants. ... Stereotyping is yet another form of ... Word Count: 1567 22.

To Kill A Mocking Bird - Scouts Lessons In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout, otherwise known as Jean Louise Finch, learns valuable lessons on the evil of prejudice present in her Southern town of Maycomb, on the true nature of courage, and on the dangers of judging others before "...climbing into their skin and walking around in it." ... Throughout the trial process, Atticus shows Scout that a true person is standing up for what you believe in, and all human beings, despite their race, deserve respect. ... At the end of the story, Scout has a better perspective on racism and human dignity. ... Though racism is a controversial... Word Count: 1037 23. To Kill a Mockingbird Critical Essay on "To Kill a MockingbirdaE by Harper Lee"To Kill a MockingbirdaE is a fictional story set in a small Southern town, Maycomb, in the early 1930. ... In, To Kill a Mockingbird, the socioeconomic status of the white community is depicted with the Finch family as the upper-class. ...

The second-tier in Maycomb is shown by the Cunningham family, who are struggling but they did their best and were proud. ... I think that it reflects how overwhelmingly oppressive racism was that even black people referred to themselves with a derogatory, hateful word. ... In the sevent... Word Count: 1892 24. To Kill a Mockingbird The novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, tells a story about a young girl named Scout who learns a valuable lesson on the evil of prejudice, true courage, and not to judge others. ... Throughout the trial process, Atticus shows Jem and Scout that a true person is standing up for what you believe in, and all human beings, despite their race, deserve respect. ... In the end, Scout realizes that Boo is not a monster at all, but simply a person whom is misunderstood by the people of Maycomb. At the end of the story, both Jem and Scout have better perspectives on racism and human dignity. ... Her symbolis... Word Count: 937 25.

To Kill A Mockingbird In the novel "To Kill A Mockingbird" a black man, Tom Robinson, was accused of raping a white woman, Mayella Ewell, and was brought to trial. ... In the novel, the townspeople of Maycomb believe in Tom's guilt while Atticus and the children believe in Tom's innocence. ... Tom Robinson couldn't have done the crime with the evidence provided, but still racism decided the verdict. ... Jem and Scout had been brought up by Atticus to believe in fairness to people, regardless of their race or colour "Do you defend niggers, Atticus?" ... Word Count: 790 To Kill A Mockingbird | Encyclopedia of Alabama To Kill A Mockingbird Wayne Flynt, Auburn University By almost any measurement, Harper Lee 's To Kill A Mockingbird (1960) is the most important novel ever authored by a native Alabamian. The Pulitzer Prize–winning novel spent 88 weeks on bestseller lists, and by the 50th anniversary of its publication in 2010 had sold some 40 million copies.

It continues to sell around a million copies a year and is often ranked among the world's best-sellers. The themes and issues raised in the novel remain relevant, and thus To Kill A Mockingbird will likely hold its place in public discourse on tolerance, justice, and humanity. To Kill A Mockingbird The story told in the novel parallels two court cases that took place in Alabama but was not based directly on them: The Scottsboro Trials of 1931, in which nine black youths were tried for allegedly raping two white women on a train in north Alabama; and a November 1933 incident in Monroeville in which Naomi Lowery, a poor white woman, alleged that Walter Lett, a black ex-convict, sexually assaulted her. Lee began work on what would become the novel in 1956 while living in New York City. She originally conceived it as a novel focusing on main character Jean Louise "Scout" Finch as an adult returning to Maycomb for a summer visit and confronting the racial realities of her hometown in response to the civil rights movement; it was to be titled Go Set a Watchman .

Her editor at Lippincott Publishers, Tay Hohoff, convinced her to pull out the flashbacks of Scout's youth and refocus the novel around them. Lee did so, and the result, To Kill A Mockingbird, was published in 1960 to critical acclaim and public enthusiasm, winning the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. The novel is set in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama, (loosely based on Lee's hometown of Monroeville , Monroe County ) between the summer of 1932 and Halloween night of 1935, during the Great Depression when many blacks and whites shared a common poverty . The plot is simple: three young children—Jean Louise "Scout" Finch, her older brother, Jem, and their friend, Dill—spend their summer holidays trying to learn more about their reclusive neighbor Arthur "Boo" Radley and soon become caught up in the unfolding drama of the trial of Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping Mayella Ewell, the daughter of a poor white man, Robert E. Lee "Bob" Ewell. Jean Louise narrates the story from adulthood as a reminiscence of her childhood.

She is six when the novel begins and nine when it ends. Essentially a coming-of-age novel about lost innocence, Scout learns that her otherwise decent and fair-minded white neighbors ignore the evidence when judging a black man accused of a violent crime. She also discovers that the black members of her town are complex people, some ignorant and evil and others wise and good. She learns the same lessons about the middle-class white residents of Maycomb and about the poor but proud Cunningham family and the poor but not-very-proud Ewells. The hero of the story is Scout's lawyer father, Atticus Finch, who agrees to defend Tom Robinson. The case is hopeless from the beginning despite Finch's best efforts, and it exposes him and his family to the anger and ostracism of Maycomb's white people, violent retribution by Bob Ewell, and the admiration of the town's black population. Old Monroe County Courthouse In 1962, Universal Pictures released a film adaptation featuring Gregory Peck in the starring role, Robert Duvall as Boo Radley, and Birmingham natives Mary Badham as Scout and Philip Alford as Jem. Renowned playwright Horton Foote wrote the screenplay, and Elmer Bernstein composed the memorable musical score.

In 1963, the film was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won three: Gregory Peck for best actor; Horton Foote for best screenplay; and Henry Bumstead for best art direction. British playwright Christopher Sergel adapted the book into a play that is widely produced, including an annual spring performance at the Monroe County courthouse in Monroeville and periodic performances at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival in Montgomery . The novel's popular acclaim has increased with the passing decades. Pollsters estimated that three out of four high school students were required to read it. In 1991, the Library of Congress asked 5,000 patrons to name the book that had made the biggest difference in their lives. To Kill a Mockingbird came in second, after the Bible. In 1999, American librarians voted the book the best novel of the twentieth century. TV Guide and the American Film Institute have rated the movie consistently among the top 50 films of all time, and Atticus Finch is regularly cited as one of the greatest heroes in film.

According to the Library of Congress, the novel is the country's most popular selection for citywide reading programs, in which residents of a community read a common novel over the course of a year. Perhaps even more astounding, the novel is required reading in many schools in Ireland, Great Britain, Australia, and Canada, as well as in many non-English-speaking countries. The novel has been translated into more than forty languages. The Modern Library's list of the 100 greatest English-language novels of the twentieth century (as decided by a small committee of writers) omitted the novel, however. Some critics consider Atticus Finch an imperfect hero. The casual familiarity between the Finches and their black servant, Calpurnia, strikes some as condescending and paternalistic. Critics add that the book breaks no new literary ground, as compared with the novels of other writers, such as those by Mississippi native William Faulkner. Nelle Harper Lee Defenders praise Lee precisely for the simplicity of her style, her almost mystical evocation of childhood, and her sensitive portrayal of children as they slip the bounds of innocence and discover the darkness of adulthood.

As for racial paternalism, defenders note that the novel was written in the late 1950s to describe the racially segregated world of the 1930s and consider it unreasonable to impose late-twentieth-century, post-civil-rights-era ideas about race upon it. For the novel's fans, Atticus is a remarkable figure in American literature not because he transcends the segregationist mores of Maycomb but because he demands justice and tolerance within the framework of his own time. Popular acclaim for the novel owes much to the message of tolerance that Lee proclaimed during an intolerant age. Atticus's admonition to his children that they will never understand a person until they consider life from his or her point of view is viewed as trite by some critics, but the novel's message had profound effects many oppressed people throughout the world. To Kill A Mockingbird has played a significant role in the intense half-century debate Americans have had about the role of education in fostering moral values. Should public schools teach values? If so, what values? Whose values?

Hundreds of thousands of American teachers have chosen to teach To Kill A Mockingbird, deciding that Harper Lee's values represent the best of humanity: tolerance; kindness; civility; justice; the courage to face down community or family To Kill A Mockingbird Play in Monroeville when they are wrong; and the compassion to love them despite their flaws. Despite these qualities, the novel is one of the books most frequently banned by local school boards because of the plot (which involves an alleged rape) and the theme (tolerance for people who do not conform to community norms). When the book first appeared, Alabama's White Citizens Council called the work "communistic" for promoting racial integration and tried to have the state director of the Alabama Public Library Service fired for refusing to remove it from state libraries. Ironically, a novel written by a woman from Monroeville in Alabama's Black Belt has become the primary literary instrument worldwide for teaching values of racial justice, tolerance for people different from ourselves, and the need for moral courage in the face of community prejudice and ostracism. Additional Resources Flynt, Wayne.

"Class and Race, Text and Context in To Kill A Mockingbird." In The Many Souths: Class in Southern Culture, edited by Waldemar Zacharesiewicz. Tübingen, Germany: Stauffenburg Verlag, 2003. Johnson, Claudia Durst. Understanding To Kill A Mockingbird: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historic Documents. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1994. Mahoney, John, and Stewart Martin. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Letts Study Aids Series. London: Charles Letts and Co., 1987. Petry, Alice Hall, ed. On Harper Lee: Essays and Reflections. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2007. Shields, Charles J. Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee. New York: Henry Holt, 2006. Published: March 26, 2007 | &nbspLast updated: November 14, 2016 THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ALABAMA Welcome to your free, online resource on Alabama history, culture, geography, and natural environment.

This site offers articles on Alabama's famous people, historic events, sports, art, literature, industry, government, plant and animal life, agriculture, recreation, and so much more. NAVIGATE Free To Kill A Mockingbird Great Depression Maycomb Essays To Kill a Mockingbird To Kill A MockingbirdTo Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, was set in the town of Maycomb, Alabama. It was the 1930's, merely after the Great Depression. There was a lot of segregation and racism of blacks. Many of the families struggled for money. The fortunate people of Maycomb had cars, but most ... To Kill A MockingbirdTo Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, was set in the town of Maycomb, Alabama. It was the 1930's, merely after the Great Depression. ...

Dubose- old, sick, mean, Heck Tate- sheriff of Maycomb, Aunt Alexandra- Atticus' sister, Bob Ewell- poor, white trash, Mayella Ewell- daughter of Bob Ewell, accuses Tom of raping her, Francis- Jem and Scout's cousin, Miss Caroline- Scout's teacher, and Calpurnia- Atticus' black house keeper.To Kill A Mocking bird was about life after the Great Depression. ... Of course, after the Great Depression there was much ra... Wordcount: 718 To Kill a Mockingbird: Great Depression in 1930 To Kill A MockingbirdTo Kill A Mockingbird is a story about racism, ignorance, fear, intolerance, hate, injustice, learning, heroism, and growing up. It is set in Maycomb County, an imaginary district in Southern Alabama. The time is the early 1930s, the years of the Great Depression when poverty an ... To Kill A MockingbirdTo Kill A Mockingbird is a story about racism, ignorance, fear, intolerance, hate, injustice, learning, heroism, and growing up. ...

The time is the early 1930s, the years of the Great Depression when poverty and unemployment were widespread in the United States.The Finch family contains of Atticus (The head of the household), Aunt Alexandra (Atticus's sister), and (Jem) Jeremy (The older of Atticus's two children), Scout (The younger of the two. ... Judge Taylor is the Judge of Maycomb County. ... Remember it's a sin to kill a Mockingbird". ... To Kill A M... Wordcount: 2653 Analyzing Themes of To Kill a Mockingbird Analyzing Themes of To Kill A MockingbirdHarper Lee's first novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, displays the life of a small southern family struggling through the depression in Maycomb, Alabama. Similar to any other southern town, the prejudiced whites look down upon the Negroes. The family overcomes man ... Analyzing Themes of To Kill A MockingbirdHarper Lee's first novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, displays the life of a small southern family struggling through the depression in Maycomb, Alabama. ... He is a great role model for them and teaches them dignity and bravery. ...

It is a sin to kill a mockingbird because the bird is a sign of innocence. ... It is a sin to kill a mockingbird, because it willfully obliterates innocence.The third major theme of the novel is prejudice. ... In To Kill a Mockingbird, the characters of the novel deal with racial prejudice head on. ... Wordcount: 1545 To Kill A Mockingbird: Characters Description and Plot TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD One of the major masterpieces of American literature, To Kill A Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee originally as a love story, was published in 1960 and won a Pulitzer Prize in 1961. It also won an Academy Award when it was later made into a film starring Gregory Peck. The stor ... TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD One of the major masterpieces of American literature, To Kill A Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee originally as a love story, was published in 1960 and won a Pulitzer Prize in 1961. ... The time frame for the story is the early 1930's during the great depression. ...

The children spend a great deal of time at the house of Arthur "Boo" Radley. ... Bob attacks the children and tries to kill them. ... He kills Mr. ... Wordcount: 998 Story and Success of To Kill a Mockingbird TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRDOne of the major masterpieces of American literature, To Kill A Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee originally as a love story, was published in 1960 and won a Pulitzer Prize in 1961. It also won an Academy Award when it was later made into a film starring Gregory Peck. The stor ... TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRDOne of the major masterpieces of American literature, To Kill A Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee originally as a love story, was published in 1960 and won a Pulitzer Prize in 1961. ... The time frame for the story is the early 1930's during the great depression. ... The children spend a great deal of time at the house of Arthur "Boo" Radley. ... He kills Mr. ... Clearly he is the harmless "mockingbird" of the story. ...

Wordcount: 1053 Injustice in "To Kill A Mockingbird" Whether the injustice is mental, economical, or physical, the innocent person it effects, will always suffer. Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird has more than an abundant supply of injustice present in novel. Miss Maudie says it best when she states that it's "a sin to kill a mockingbird" (p.94). ... Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird has more than an abundant supply of injustice present in novel. Miss Maudie says it best when she states that it's "a sin to kill a mockingbird" (p.94). ... This policy ended up getting him killed as he was convicted of a crime he did not commit. ... There are far too many examples of the people of Maycomb using racial slurs. ... The Cunninghams tried to live like honest farmers but The Great Depression hit them hard financially. ...

Wordcount: 875 America Suffering from the Great Depression YEAR 11 ENGLISH ASSIGNMENTTO KILL A MOCKINGBIRDAt the time in which To Kill A Mockingbird is set, the whole world and especially America, was suffering from the Great Depression. The Wall Street Crash of 1929 had left the richest of people broke- and the poorest of people with even less than they ha ... YEAR 11 ENGLISH ASSIGNMENTTO KILL A MOCKINGBIRDAt the time in which To Kill A Mockingbird is set, the whole world and especially America, was suffering from the Great Depression. ... Throughout the whole book poverty is one of the most dominant themes.In To Kill A Mockingbird, people like the Cunninghams were said to be worse off. ... As Maycomb County was farm country, nickels and dimes were hard to come by for doctors and dentists and lawyers. ...

Wordcount: 725 Comprehensive Information Of "To Kill a Mockingbird" Reading ReviewTitle of work: To Kill A MockingbirdCountry/Culture: SouthernLiterary Period: ContemporaryType of Literature: NovelAuthor: Harper LeeAuthorial InformationIn 1960 Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird was first published. Interviewers were stunned when they first met Harper Lee, after read ... In 1957, she finally finished the rough draft for To Kill A Mockingbird. ... Finally in 1960, To Kill A Mockingbird was ready for publication. ... The time is the early 1930s, the years of the Great Depression when poverty and unemployment were widespread in the United States. ... To kill Tom was like killing a mockingbird. Tom never did anything wrong to the people of Maycomb County, and mockingbirds are not harmful. ... Wordcount: 1645 Characters of Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" The book To Kill a Mockingbird was written by Harper Lee.

It was published in 1960 then it went on to win the Pulitzer prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award winning film. Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple love story. Today it is regarded as a masterpiece of Ameri ... The book To Kill a Mockingbird was written by Harper Lee. ... Judge Taylor is the Judge of Maycomb County. ... To Kill a Mockingbird is set in Maycomb County, an imaginary district in Southern Alabama. The time is the early 1930s, the years of the Great Depression when poverty and unemployment were widespread in the United States. ... The title of the book, To Kill a Mockingbird is a key to some themes in the novel. ... Wordcount: 1296 Harper Lee's 1960 Novel, To Kill A Mockingbird Harper Lee's 1960 novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, focuses on the lives of two young siblings, Jem and Scout Finch, as they mature in a small rural southern town. Taking place during the hard time of the depression, these two young souls are surrounded by underprivileged neighbors, prejudice, and the ...

Harper Lee's 1960 novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, focuses on the lives of two young siblings, Jem and Scout Finch, as they mature in a small rural southern town. ... They are not bothered by any of the prejudice, evils, or problems that exist in their small town of Maycomb. ... Scout sees her father shoot a mad dog that is charging him, and she thinks of her father having great courage. ... So he attempts to escape despite knowing he will probably be killed trying. ... In the end the man who was seen as too cowardly to leave his home, becomes a courageous caring human being.In the n... Wordcount: 882 Boo Radley To Kill a Mockingbird is definitely an excellent novel. A reader may not interpret several aspects in and of the book through just the plain reading it. Boo Radley, Atticus, and the title represent three such things. To Kill a Mockingbird is set in Maycomb County, a district in Southern Alabama. ... To Kill a Mockingbird is definitely an excellent novel. ... To Kill a Mockingbird is set in Maycomb County, a district in Southern Alabama.

The time is the early 1930s, the years of the Great Depression when poverty and unemployment were widespread in the United States. ... Before reading To Kill a Mockingbird, the title itself means nothing. ... To Kill a Mockingbird is a very inspirational book. ... Wordcount: 1179 Nelle Harper Lee's Philosophy Nelle Harper Lee's Philosophy on the Proper Treatment of Human Beings in To Kill A Mockingbird The 1930's were a time in which blacks faced many hardships. It was a time in which the Ku Klux Klan had its peak. However, most importantly, it was the time when Nelle Harper Lee, the writer of To Kill ... However, most importantly, it was the time when Nelle Harper Lee, the writer of To Kill A Mockingbird, was being raised. ... She was also being raised during the Great Depression, a time when the attacks on blacks were intensified, as they were the scapegoats of the immense downfall of the US economy. ... Scout's father, Atticus Finch, was a defense attorney during the Great Depression. ...

To Kill A Mockingbird was published in 1960, a time when the Civil Rights Movement was at its peak. ... That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." ... Wordcount: 743 To Kill a Mocking Bird: Masterpiece of American Literature To Kill A Mockingbird The book To Kill a Mockingbird was written by Harper Lee. It was published in 1960 then it went on to win the Pulitzer prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award winning film. Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple love story. Today it is ... To Kill A Mockingbird The book To Kill a Mockingbird was written by Harper Lee. ... Judge Taylor is the Judge of Maycomb County. ... To Kill a Mockingbird is set in Maycomb County, an imaginary district in Southern Alabama. The time is the early 1930s, the years of the Great Depression when poverty and unemployment were widespread in the United States. ... The title of the book, To Kill a Mockingbird is a key to some themes in the novel. ...

Wordcount: 1392 To Walk in Another Man's Shoes To Walk in Another Man's Shoes "' You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view'" (30). Atticus Finch, a popular lawyer, and the father of the main character in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, teaches this lesson to his children. This idea d ... Atticus Finch, a popular lawyer, and the father of the main character in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, teaches this lesson to his children. This idea does not just apply to Maycomb County in the 1930s, but to everyone everywhere. This story takes place in Maycomb, Alabama during the great depression. ... In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee explains that a person has to try to see a situation from the other person's point of view before they make a judgement. ... The most important idea illustrated by Harper Lee in To Kill a Mockingbird, is that one has to try to see a si...

Wordcount: 757 The Impact of Bigotry on the Altercations in To Kill a Mockingbird The Impact of Bigotry on the Altercations in To Kill a MockingbirdIn the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, the setting impacted on most of the actions taken by the major characters. Specifically, the altercations between the major characters were a direct result of the beliefs held by th ... The Impact of Bigotry on the Altercations in To Kill a MockingbirdIn the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, the setting impacted on most of the actions taken by the major characters. ... Negroes, no matter what their age, were to addressed by their first names, even by children. [86] During the 1930's the South was experiencing the Great Depression. ... This all intensified, and it lead to the white people lynching black people just so they could get the job. [14-15]This racism is reflected in the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. ... Cunningham realized what he was doing and he...

Wordcount: 2515 Parenting Characteristic in Harper Lee's Book To Kill A Mockingbird Parenting is an act of being a parent, which means you show love and care towards your offspring. Harper lee's book To Kill A Mockingbird, shows the difference in parenting of the characters Bob Ewell and Atticus Finch. Some ways these two characters are different is depicted in this essay by: sho ... Harper lee's book To Kill A Mockingbird, shows the difference in parenting of the characters Bob Ewell and Atticus Finch. ... Bob Ewell was considered as a "guest of the county in prosperity as well as in the depths of a depression" (Lee 170). ... "He (Atticus) like Maycomb, he was Maycomb county born and bred" (Lee 5). ... In the gift-giving process, Atticus gives Jem and Scout air-rifles and tells them to "kill all the bluejays you want, if you can hit'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird" (Lee 90). ... To Kill A Mockingbird. ...

Wordcount: 924 To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, the setting impacted on most of the actions taken by the major characters. Specifically, the altercations between the major characters were a direct result of the beliefs held by the people in the South during the 1930's. We see that this holds t ... In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, the setting impacted on most of the actions taken by the major characters. ... Negroes, no matter what their age, were to addressed by their first names, even by children. [86] During the 1930's the South was experiencing the Great Depression. ... This all intensified, and it lead to the white people lynching black people just so they could get the job. [14-15]This racism is reflected in the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. ... Cunningham realized what he was doing and he left with all of the other men. [151-154] This shows you how muc...

Wordcount: 2616 The Characters of To Kill a Mockinbird, The sea, farmed land, an imagined other world - often the setting of a prose work, takes on the importance beyond that of simply providing the characters with a background against which to act out their lives. In any prose work which you have studied show the importance of the writer's use of settin ... In any prose work which you have studied show the importance of the writer's use of setting in the portrayal of character and or actionEssay Written By Andrew Berrie'To Kill a Mockingbird' by Harper Lee, is a novel based in a small town in Alabama called Maycomb. ... It is of great importance to the story, which helps the reader to understand the characters and events in Maycomb that are in this novel.The story, written from the point of view of Scout, is set in Maycomb, Alabama in the 1930s and is a small, safe, self-contained and isolated community in which Jem, an adolescent ...

Wordcount: 1021 The Issue of Prejudice in Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird In this paper I intend to explore one of the main themes of Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird, the issue of prejudice. I intend to explore how the children change through out the novel and the novel relevance to the time and place it was written, in other words, the historical content. Prejudice is ... In this paper I intend to explore one of the main themes of Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird, the issue of prejudice. ... Boo was considered to be an outcast by many of the people in Maycomb. ... According to Maycomb society, there should be no mixing of the races. ... They become aware of the fact that a black man could not get a fair trial Maycomb. ... During this time the country was in the period known as the"Great Depression". ... Wordcount: 1506 Racial Prejudice in "To Kill A Mockingbird" During the Great Depression, times were very hard for minorities and they were treated harshly and poorly.

If any blacks were accused of committing crimes by whites, ninety-eight percent of the time they were found guilty even if the evidence clearly stated that they were innocent. If any white lawy ... During the Great Depression, times were very hard for minorities and they were treated harshly and poorly. ... In the story "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Atticus and his children, Jem and Scout, are put under a load of pressure from everyone when Atticus takes up a case to defend Tom Robinson, a Negro who was accused of rape.Atticus is put under a tremendous amount of pressure taking up this case, mostly from the residents of Maycomb County, but even his own sister pressures him to drop the case. ... Such as when some of the men of the town came to the jail to kill Tom, Atticus wouldn... Wordcount: 725 Prejudice in "How does To Kill a Mockingbird show the different forms of Prejudice that existed in the Southern States of America?"Prejudice is a problem still faced by people today, it is the victimisation of people who are different to the majority in some way. These people are discriminated against and treat ...

"How does To Kill a Mockingbird show the different forms of Prejudice that existed in the Southern States of America?"... These were times of great depression resulting in sweeping changes. ... The stress brought on by the depression took its toll on family members in poor households. ... The children treat him with little respect and great fear when they creep up to his house. ... The book 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' explains the prejudice present in 1930's Alabama. ... Wordcount: 1653 Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird"- The Origin To Kill a MockingbirdEarly LifeBorn in Monroeville, Alabama, on April 28, 1926, Nelle Harper Lee is the youngest of three children of Amassa Coleman Lee and Francis Lee. Before his death, Miss Lee's father and her older sister, Alice, practiced law together in Monroeville. When one considers the the ... To Kill a MockingbirdEarly LifeBorn in Monroeville, Alabama, on April 28, 1926, Nelle Harper Lee is the youngest of three children of Amassa Coleman Lee and Francis Lee. ...

Success Of To Kill A MockingbirdThe success of Harper Lee's novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, can be assessed from its appearance on the bestseller lists for a period of over eighty weeks. ... In addition to its acclaim in the United States, To Kill A Mockingbird has received awards in foreign countries. ... Then, in 1929, the Great Depression hit the United States. ... Novel In Its SettingTo Kill A Mockingbird is set aga... Wordcount: 4962 Provincialism The 1930s was a time when the U.S. was undergoing major changes. As well as the economic depression which was being felt so sharply; it was the years where clashes between certain ethnic groups occured. The happenings of those days have been reflected upon literature as well. Most of the authors oft ... As well as the economic depression which was being felt so sharply; it was the years where clashes between certain ethnic groups occured. ... However,"Harper Lee"'s book, To Kill A Mockingbird, was different than the other books because Harper Lee created the theme of "provincialism" which added great variety to his book. ...

Maudie or other people who don't admire Maycomb's ways.Secondly, Harper Lee shows the reader the various socio-economic groups of people in Maycomb as a part of his theme, provincialism. ... The second group of people is the farmers whose economic condition... Wordcount: 1429 To Kill A Mockingbird: Southern life in 1930 Novel In Its SettingTo Kill A Mockingbird is set against this background of 1930 Southern life. The Finches are a family who once had a large, successful plantation. Their ancestors had been aristocratic ladies and gentlemen of the South. Now they have been reduced to gentile poverty. They are bette ... Novel In Its SettingTo Kill A Mockingbird is set against this background of 1930 Southern life. ... Great emphasis is placed on the world of Scout, Jem, and Dill - a small world bounded by a few houses and composed of only a few people. ... Finally, there are the themes relating to family and the Maycomb setting. ... The Cunninghams were poor country folks who had been hit hard by the Depression and were too proud to accept charity. ...

Miss Caroline, the teacher, was not from Maycomb, and could not be expected to know or to understand the peculiarities of the people of Maycomb. ... Wordcount: 3633 The Novel To Kill a Mocking Bird To Kill a MockingbirdIn the mid 1900s there were many types of families. Some families cared not about what other people thought about what they did, but about if it seemed right to them. Other families did not care what people thought nor did they try to behave descent. And still the families wh ... In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, these three types of families seem best displayed in the Finches, Ewells, and Cunninghams.To begin with, the Finch family, with only one parent, portrays a well-rounded family. ... (p. 115)Besides the Finches, the Ewell family, a disgrace to the town of Maycomb, lives in poverty and ignorance. ... Finch to try to kill Tom Robinson. ... The Finches, Ewells, and Cunninghams, all families in the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, have many similarities and differences. ...

The Finches and Cunninghams both posses great manners, but the Cunninghams live in poverty... Wordcount: 790

Question: The Finch family of Maycomb, Alabama feature in which 1960 novel?
Answer: To Kill A Mockingbird